SANTA FE, NM – On Monday, February 11, dozens of low-wage workers, including tipped workers, their families, and allies will attend the House floor debate and vote on a proposal to increase the state minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade.

HB 31, sponsored by Representative Miguel Garcia (D-Bernalillo), would improve New Mexico’s stagnant wages and increase the state’s minimum wage from $7.50 to $10.00 beginning July 1, 2019 until reaching $12 an hour in 2021. The proposal would include an annual increase to adjust for inflation, beginning July 1, 2022. Tipped workers would also receive the new state minimum wage under the proposal, plus tips.